I posted something similar before, but it did not gain too much traction, possibly due to time zones.
It would be cool to see a Lemmy online pen pal/chat pal thread. Tell us about yourself and your hobbies in comments! I’m a person in their 20s who likes world football, theoretical maths and physics, and FOSS stuff. I also like the outdoors and would love to share about outdoor adventures. Feel free to send me a message if you’d like to talk!
Software developer in his 30s. I built automation for a living. I automate my house as a hobby. I automate all things.
(I also live building racecars)
That’s something I want to get into. I want to set up that self hosted software, forget what it’s called, but you can integrate with IoT devices just like you can with a mainstream assistant service like Google Home.
What I really want to do is automate my blinds, which are the chain loop type, so I can say “house, open the living room blinds” like they did in Smart House, the Disney channel original movie (or maybe that was Home Alone 4, but we don’t talk about that one). I found a little motorized device that integrates with these chain blinds but it was a bit pricey. Of course if I tried to make it with my own Arduino etc it would be an ugly mess.
Sounds like you’re talking about Home Assistant maybe?
That’s the one–thanks!
Having used it for years, its amazing. I would highly recommend it.
A few years back, I found I opened and closed a certain window multiple times a day to better control the environment.
Well- devices to automate opening and closing a window, just aren’t something you find for sale- and, if you do- its not going to be cheap.
I ended up spending 30$ on a linear servo, a esp8266, and a couple of relays, and spent a couple hours automating the process of automatically opening and closing my window, at certain times depending on the inside, and outside temp.
It wasn’t pretty at all, but, it was extremely effective… and did exactly what I needed it to do.